新撰姓氏録

Shinsen Shouji Roku (Newly Compiled Record of Clan Names; 815 CE)

撰

せん

anthology (of poetry, etc.), compilation, collection, selection

撰進

compiling and presenting poems, texts, etc. to the emperor

杜撰

ずさん ずざん

careless, sloppy, faulty

勅撰

ちょくせん

compilation for the emperor, emperor's literary production

新撰

しんせん

newly compiled, selected or edited

撰修

せんしゅう

compiling, editing, writing

官撰

かんせん

government compilation

撰述

せんじゅつ

compiling, editing, writing

撰者

せんじゃ

author, compiler, editor

修撰

しゅうせん おさむせん

editing, compiling

撰文

writing (an epitaph, foreword, etc.); composition; epitaph; inscription

勅撰集

ちょくせんしゅう

imperial-commissioned poem anthology

撰する

せんする ぜんする

to write (prose, etc.)

録

ろく

record, transcript

杜撰脱漏

ずさんだつろう

careless (slipshod) and with many omissions

勅撰和歌集

ちょくせんわかしゅう

poems collected at the behest of the Emperor (from 905 to 1439), Imperial collection of poetry

街録

がいろく

(recorded) man-on-the-street interview

漫録

まんろく

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